Begetting A Technique

[sensei8]

What, iyho, births a technique? If you had to only pick one, and for the sake of this topic...you do...

Is it the conscious through analysis? Or... Is it the sub-conscious through knowledge? Or...Is it through the desire of surviving the immediate moment?

During an attack, the parameters are constantly changing, either by the actions/in-actions of the attacker or the defender, as things are being revealed/discovered within the attack.

Inasmuch, only one of the aforementioned choices can be dominate at any one given time.

[Dobbersky]

Good Thread!!!

For me it would be through the desire of surviving the immediate moment.

I train daily with my kata and varying basics to hopefully be able to react instinctively to any situation that is but upon me.

I have in the past reactively used various Combinations of Kata instinctly and only after post analysis have I realised "oh that was that combination out of that kata!!!" etc

[Nevinyrral]

For me it would be through the desire of surviving the immediate moment.

I train daily with my kata and varying basics to hopefully be able to react instinctively to any situation that is but upon me.

Isnt that subconscious through knowlege?

I'd go with analysing. Wait for good moment, attack and run if there is oppening.

[Harkon72]

We all have our favorite technique, but application in a split second must be instinctive.

[Dobbersky]

For me it would be through the desire of surviving the immediate moment.

I train daily with my kata and varying basics to hopefully be able to react instinctively to any situation that is but upon me.

Isnt that subconscious through knowlege?

I'd go with analysing. Wait for good moment, attack and run if there is oppening.

Agree to a point but as Harkon says

We all have our favorite technique, but application in a split second must be instinctive.

[DoctorQui]

Great thread!

I am always asking myself this question, I am always contemplating my escape plan pretty much every day and always wonder if I would act instinctively or through conscious consideration and experience.

I think I would have to go with instinct but in saying that, I have a number of 'instinctive' techniques for a number of possible scenarios so have a bit of a 'back catalogue' due to my former career as a police officer.

One of the Wado Ryu precepts of Karate is to leave the house each day expecting to meet an opponent. I would be interested to know how many of us here actually treat every interaction as a potential attack and look for the strike points even if the interaction is innocuous! I do!

OSU

[Harkon72]

Being able to pick your strike usually is a privilege few of us have in the chaos of an attack. But if you are calm enough, relaxed enough, then a telling blow is something you can choose from your armory. I just clenched my fist to my chest recently in a confrontation and seeing this was enough to make my opponent back down. I was about to fire a reverse punch to the temple, I had no idea of the damage it would make at the time. It just came into being from my memory and almost happened.

[judobrah]

Being able to pick your strike usually is a privilege few of us have in the chaos of an attack. But if you are calm enough, relaxed enough, then a telling blow is something you can choose from your armory. I just clenched my fist to my chest recently in a confrontation and seeing this was enough to make my opponent back down. I was about to fire a reverse punch to the temple, I had no idea of the damage it would make at the time. It just came into being from my memory and almost happened.

at the positive side,it saved you some hospital bills

[Chunmonchek]

Great thread!

I am always asking myself this question, I am always contemplating my escape plan pretty much every day and always wonder if I would act instinctively or through conscious consideration and experience.

I think I would have to go with instinct but in saying that, I have a number of 'instinctive' techniques for a number of possible scenarios so have a bit of a 'back catalogue' due to my former career as a police officer.

One of the Wado Ryu precepts of Karate is to leave the house each day expecting to meet an opponent. I would be interested to know how many of us here actually treat every interaction as a potential attack and look for the strike points even if the interaction is innocuous! I do!

OSU

Here's my take...

Initial reaction to a threat would be instinctual. Hopefully, this is occurs before the actual physical confrontation, if possible. By proper planning, forethought and some soul searching, you can modify your instincts. What I'm talking about here is the level of response to a threat...run, assume defensive posture, attack, etc,...and the level of force to be employed in a given situation.

Initial reaction to an actual physical engagement should be reflexive. No conscious thought involved, although, based on attacker's posture, movements, intent, there can be some offensive/defensive measures that can be taken.

After the initial engagement, there can be some concious thought involved, but still, responses to attacks should be reflexive.

Obvioiusly, there are many shades of grey, and all of this may just be semantics...

Chris

[bushido_man96]

Not sure here. Do you mean why do we do a technique to begin with? I'd say its what tends to be useful when attacked. It may start as something reactionary at first, but then as time and training move one, it becomes refined and altered.